The effect of neuromuscular blockade on the efficiency of facemask ventilation in patients difficult to facemask ventilate: a prospective trial

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1484-1490

  Soltesz S ^a   Alm, P ^a   Mathes, A ^b   Hellmich, M ^c   Hinkelbein, J ^b  

^a Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

difficult ventilation; facemask ventilation; neuromuscular blocking agents

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OXYGEN SATURATION; RISK FACTOR; TIDAL VOLUME; LARYNGEAL MASK; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; ROCURONIUM; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 85029441187     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14035     Document Type: Article

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